This is not really the weekend getaway we planned. We wished to visit Vigan, early this year because we've been planning it since late last year. But considering the travel time on land, wooo!!! it will only eat up half the weekend.
Okay, here we go. Lazy breakfast in a fast food restaurant, not decided where to go. Good to have my portable internet connection (if I get paid, I will tell you my provider, jk!), I can immediately check the internet for good weekend spots not too near, nor too far. Then, how about rides and fun and puke? That will be Enchanted Kingdom. Yey!!!
Upon browsing where to go first, I 've noticed that EK has their own shuttle - we will just have to go there 2 hours before the departure time which is 9:30am for guaranteed seats, which is by the way located at Centris Mall, along EDSA, PhP180 one way (quite expensive).
Then, option 2 is to go to Taft Avenue, Manila - there will be lots of buses there going to Sta. Rosa every 30minutes look for the one with Balibago signage (for tight budgets).
But I haven't found posts of bus directions and fares from Quezon City. I live in Cubao area, and I don't want to go Pasay City. I'm sure I've seen various buses operating Cubao - Laguna, etc. route, we just have to look for it, and it's Cubao, any normal businessman/bus operator would have their terminal there. Good Lord! A bus just passed by going to Balibago, and another... JAM and JAC Liner (am I high with this espresso?!)...right there, I Google Earth the two buses name..hehe!and they are just a minute walk from where we were.
After we made up our minds, we went immediately to JAM Liner, Cubao along EDSA, paid for tickets, PhP70 only...hehe!
Wow! the travel was fast., yeah..express way it is. It only took us a little more than an hour. The bus conductor yelled (like they always do) at the passengers bound for EK to get off at Waltermart. Then, off we go...and according to the prior researches I made earlier, there will be tryke waiting at the back of the mall (tryke fare is Php10 regular and PhP36 special). Yes, there were.
This is really shameful but I'll gonna charge it to experience, anyway. You see, when we were at the mall, we bought foods - chips and pastries. That's the reason why we have to stay outside a little longer after buying the tickets because ONLY WATER is allowed inside. We ate all our food first...hehe!
FUN!!! FUN!!! FUN!!!
We rode the EKstreme Tower first, then the Space Shuttle...imagine the thrill we felt (what are we thinking!). It all seems a dream, too fast and blurry, crazy and adrenaline pumping. It's our first time and really I couldn't feel my head and it seems my heart stopped there...like I don't want to do it again..ever!
We went mellow on a Carousel and Ferris Wheel ride, then Bump Cars and a little thrill on wet and wild Log Jam. Then, watched a theater play (Pocahontas).
Of all the rides there, one can't experience it all. There were too many people and the queue rails are jam packed (well since it's a weekend, just expect it to be).
We had our dinner and watched the fireworks display around 8:45pm. Photo-shots spree in the dark..(He needs more practice on the camera) hehe!
Then, walked up to Waltermart (because it's near, 500meter estimated). We're supposed to just wait for buses bound for Cubao at Waltermart but the good people of Laguna advised us to go to the bus terminal because there were lots of passengers that day, we might miss the last trip, and we did went to the bus terminal. Thanks to them!
After an hour and a half, we're home, pampering each others sore back and legs...still talking about the rides, the shouts, the sunburn, the unruly kids at the bump car, the experience and the happiness for doing things like this together, the first time.
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